Teachers’ Difficulties in Implementing Distance Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The practice of distance learning in Indonesia applied massively due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That unprecedented phenomena caused certain difficulties for teachers to implement the system of distance learning. The purpose of this study is to find out elementary school teachers’ difficulties towards the implementation of distance learning during the pandemic of Covid-19. This study applied exploratory methods through an online questionnaire. The questionnaires were consisted of open-ended questions. The respondents in this study were ten teachers in one of elementary schools in Banda Aceh City, Aceh Province, Indonesia. Based on the result of this study, the difficulties faced by teachers in implementing the distance learning are mostly related to technological devices ownership and ability to utilize the devices, parents’ involvement during online learning, inadequate facilities and internal factor from teachers. Further researches are suggested to explore possible solution toward distance learning implementation for elementary school, particularly in Indonesia.